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to learn to talk, While she learns some words from playing with other children her own age, she also needs adult instruction. Beside ' little girl on the left, Lor- een Wilson, has _ perfect hearing, but being the child of deaf parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wilson, she has THESE CHILDREN are playing a game with their teacher. A game which teaches them the sound of the names of animals. The ing the horn shown on the card he is holding. ~--Oshawa Times Photos hand as he shapes his mouth to make the same sound as if he were blow- i NORMAN JOHNSON feels 'khe blowing sound with his LAND RE AR ABI Oe AS HARD OF HEARING PRE-SCHOOLERS LEARN TO TALK ~ her is Norman Johnson, Ken- nie Chan and Miss Nellie MacDonald. Pre-School Classes Aid Deaf And Hard of Hearing Children By MARY WILLIAMS Have you seen love of teach- ing, love of and devotion to children, work miracles with pre-schoolers? They were not ordinary pre-schoolers, they were handicapped children whose handicap did not show as it did with crippled chil- dren. Most people would be un- aware of the disability at first until the childrea failed to re- spond when spoken to. They were attending special classes for the deaf and hard- of-hearing pre-school children held every Wednesday and Thursday in Simcoe Hall. They start attending classes when three years old and sometimes earlier if accompanied by a parent. At present there are ten children receiving help. The children are given train- ing in speech, language, speech reading, auditory training, rhythm and nursery school ac- tivities, according to their needs, Some are profoundly deaf -- some severely hard of hearing and some in between. All are given training to pre- pare them to attend the Ontario School for the Deaf -at Belle- ville, or for Public School if they have enough hearing. Twelve former pupils are at- tending the school in Belle- DOL EDR KENNIE CHAN listens in- words over the amplifier. tently with the earphones Kennie then repeats the as his teacher speaks words he has heard, He attends Kindergarten in the mornings and these classes in the afternoon. the lsaid, "because his daddy work- jed with him at home and gave ville, six have moved to Metro|/m plenty of practice." jand attend the Metro School for|ATTENDS KINDERGARTEN jthe Deaf and two of these at-; Another little boy, Kennie tend special classes for aphasic/Chan, 6, attends regular kinder- children, garten in the mornings and spe- H ~ ae eae cial classes the two afternoons. |THEIR TEACHER Kennie, before attending these Their devoted teacher is Missic|agses hadn't had much} Nellie MacDonald, Toronto, alchance. His father came from retired teacher who has special-|{he interior of China, bought a ized in teaching the deaf and|wife in Hong Kong, who spoke who before her retirement was|q different dialect. While Mrs.| jon the staff of the first Nurs-|Chan was pregnant with Ken-|| jery School for the Deaf in Can-|nie, through malnutrition, she lada, in Toronto. Miss Mac-|\developed tuberculosis and was |Donald took her training in the) confined to the sanitorium. Her'|| school in Belleville just after|jjIness affected Kennie's hear-|| starting her career as teacher./ing and with his parents speak- She travels to Oshawa by busling two different dialects and \from Toronto each day, jnow with Kennie trying to learn | Miss MacDonald worked with|a third language, it was pretty, Norman Johnson, 5, son of Mr.|confusing. and Mrs. Floyd Johnson, RR 1,) Kennie is very intelligent and Oshawa. Norman will be at-|has learned quickly. His les- tending the school in Belleville|\sons are different. He, using} in September. Norman was/head phones to hear the sounds} wearing his hearing aid and,|made by the amplifier, was with the help of the amplifier iquite able to pronounce most and watching Miss MacDonald/words confidently, jas she carefully pronounced| To give him exercise in mak- each syllable and word, wasijing the blowing sounds, the able to repeat all of them. | teacher held a paper cup, hold- Putting away the amplifier, the|ing a feather and had him. re- teacher held up cards with pic-|peat the sounds, making the) tures of common objects and/feather jump each time, Both |toys and Norman was able to|boys were intensely interested say correctly the name of each,|and. eager to. learn. | with his hand on Miss Mac-! The training given these chil-| : St. Gertrude's CWLI 'Night Of Cards ; St. Gertrude's Catholic merchants. |Paye, Mrs. Hugh King, J. Ward, Patricia Mathieu, and|Ben Pankhurst, Plews, Mrs. cessful card party in the parish hall recently. A spring theme Was carried out in the stage getting and in the other deco- tations. The Reverend Patrick Darby opened the evening's en- tertainment and also presented prize winners with their gifts. were donated by mem- rs, and prizes as well as Other prize winners were: Mrs, J. Gallop, Leo Karnath, Mrs. J. H. Lyons, Mrs. Alan L.| Scott, Mrs. A. S. Clark, Mrs.) Goodall, Mrs. §. Collins, Mrs. Chris. Irwin, Mrs. K. C. Shortt, Marion O'Connell, Mrs. Callista Brennan, Mrs. Charles Lee. {Dorothy Lee, Wilfred Westley, Mrs. Hilda) Schlechter, Mrs. M. J. Ryan, | Petre. lene Fairhart, Mrs. Jeannine ley Gelette. favors were given by various|Elsie Allen, Mrs. gar veg Mrs. | Euchre prizes were won by|John Westlake, Mrs. J. Smart, Ann Tailler, Donna Montemur-|Mrs. M. Cheski, Mrs. S. A. ro, Mrs. Gordon Whyte, Mrs./Gates, Mrs. Leo Doyle, Mrs.| Mary Anne Women's League held a suc-|/Helen Ciosk. |Cardinal, Marie Melch, Charles | William Casken- ette, Mrs. Howard Knapp, Orvil Mrs. Stephen Stepinac, Rose- R. Flem- ing, Veronica Fehrenbach, Eve- lyn Sobanski, Mrs. A. Karnath, Hreho- ruk, Ann Greenaway and Shir- HOOVER Bring in your present Vacuum or Floor Polisher Regardless of make or condi- tion for Free Estimate by Factory- Trained Representative. Necessary re- pairs will be done at Moderate Prices. Necessary _ repairs will be done At Moderate Prices ACT NOW! This three day FINEST QUALITY You Can't Afford To To Introduce His New Line Of Furniture | ROGER !S GIVING AWAY A Beautiful Matching FLOOR LAMP With the Purchase of Any of the New Line Quality Chesterfields. FOR 3 DAYS ONLY! Your patience is not going to go unrewarded , . . read on. FURNITURE At Savings These low priced, high quality suites come in 25 , sale is the one you've been waiting for ! Miss! ! dren before going to Belleville, Donald's face, feeling bat ' ' makes it much easier for them "Norman is progressing very well," Miss MacDonald|'° adjust, both to being te- moved from their families and in their ability to understand their lessons, LARGE AREA SERVED Mrs, Peter Lyons, president of the Parents' Auxiliary to the Oshawa Society for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children, has a little daughter, attending'more parents attend. 14 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursday, Mey 13, 1965 school in Belleville this year, who attended these classes the last two years. Mrs. Lyons, before moving to Oshawa last year, drove her daughier all the way from Lindsay to at- tend the classes and last year assisted Miss MacDonald with the other students. Other pupils come to the classes from Bowmanville. Bethany, Whitby, Uxbridge, Lindsay and Pickering. The Oshawa Society was formed and received its char- ter in September, 1960, Those instrumental in forming the so- ciety and the classes were Mrs. Thomas Tullock and Mrs, Henry Veenhof, both of Osh- awa and a Mrs. Duffield, To- ronto, formerly of Oshawa. Dr. Lewis Kane, formerly of Osh- awa, was instrumental in se- curing the services of Miss MacDonald, upon her retire- ment five years ago. The Parents' Auxiliary was' formed to raise funds to pay Miss MacDonald and her transportation, to help supply the equipment necessary, and assist the children who other- wise would be unable financial- ly, to attend a school for the deaf, or to purchase the ex- pensive hearing aids so many of them need. The Auxiliary meets once a month and the next meeting will be Wednes- day, May 19, when the active members hope to see many Children Need Mom In Hospital MONTREAL (CP) -- When children must go to hospital, beds or cots should be avyail- able for the mother, says Dr. Robert F. 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